Ericaceae
Santa Cruz manzanita
Arctostaphylos andersonii
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arctostaphylos
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- عنب الدب الأندرسوني
- English
- Santa Cruz manzanita
Synonyms
- Arctostaphylos andersonii var. andersonii
- Uva-ursi andersonii (A.Gray) Abrams
Flowers
- In flower
- December to March (from 224 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.